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Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureYoung Men and Fire by Norman MacleanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316377 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Young Men and Fire Author: Norman Maclean Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty...
2017-05-2330 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureCary Grant: A Class Apart by Graham McCannPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cary Grant: A Class Apart Author: Graham McCann Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For two moviegoing generations, Cary Grant was class—an effortless embodiment of gentlemanly grace and humor. But Cary Grant’s greatest achievement was in creating himself and the irresistible character he became. In this savvy, fascinating portrait, McCann tracks the transformation of a life and looks closely at the sources of Cary Gran...
2012-03-2803 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureOutlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan by Sean Parnell, John BruningPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122330 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan Author: Sean Parnell, John Bruning Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 28, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 130 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 39 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting story of American fighting men, Outlaw Platoon is Lieutenant Sean Parnell’s stunning personal account of the legendary U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division’s heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan. Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of six...
2012-02-2805 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureSister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile by Julia FoxPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120529 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile Author: Julia Fox Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Ka...
2012-01-3110 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureHow to Be Black by Baratunde ThurstonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Be Black Author: Baratunde Thurston Narrator: Baratunde Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this satirical guide to race issues—written for black people and those who love them. Audac...
2012-01-3105 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureElizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell SmithPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch Author: Sally Bedell Smith Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.96 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This “excellent, all-embracing” (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance—and a captivating window into her decades-long reign. From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twen...
2012-01-1010 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWarriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Pattillo BealsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Author: Melba Pattillo Beals Narrator: Lisa Reneé Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 46 Ratings of Narrator: 4.78 of Total 18 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, brought the promise of integration to Little Rock, Arkansas, but it was hard-won for the nine black teenagers chosen to integrate Central High School in 1957. They ran a gauntlet flanked b...
2011-11-1403 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureCatherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. MassiePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Author: Robert K. Massie Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 62 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 15 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs “[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a fl...
2011-11-0810 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureInto the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest by Wade DavisPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102472 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest Author: Wade Davis Narrator: Enn Reitel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 18, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Mount Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a young Oxford scholar of twenty-two with little previ...
2011-10-1810 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother by Michael Jones, David Baldwin, Philippa GregoryPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother Author: Michael Jones, David Baldwin, Philippa Gregory Narrator: Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 13, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the extraordinary true stories of three women largely forgotten by history: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, queen of England; and Margaret Beaufort, the founder of...
2011-09-1303 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert K. MassiePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Romanovs: The Final Chapter Author: Robert K. Massie Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 16, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A “masterful” (The Washington Post Book World) account of the quest to solve one of the great mysteries in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Catherine the Great “Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass...
2011-08-1610 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureI Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey by Langston Hughes, Arnold RampersadPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98215 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey Author: Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad Narrator: Dominic Hoffman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and brings to life the famous...
2011-07-2610 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Life of St. Augustine by F. W. FarrarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98978 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of St. Augustine Author: F. W. Farrar Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: St. Augustine was the greatest Western philosopher for 1,000 years and a dominant influence on the history of Christian theology. From his conversion in 386 to his death in 430, he remained a great teacher, church statesman, and polemical theologian. St. Thomas Aquinas was one of many scholars influenced by Augustine’s theories. Four hundred of his sermons survive, an...
2011-07-2103 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureFinding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer by David RobertsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98522 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer Author: David Roberts Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 19, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The definitive biography of Everett Ruess, the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of the American West and mysterious disappearance in the Utah desert at age twenty have earned him a large and devoted cult following. “Easily one of [Roberts’s] best . . . thoughtful and...
2011-07-1910 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureLong Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson MandelaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Author: Nelson Mandela Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 18, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.52 of Total 58 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is 'riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it' (Washington Post). Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an...
2011-07-1803 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureNapoleon In a Nutshell by Neil WenbornPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Napoleon In a Nutshell Author: Neil Wenborn Narrator: Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Release date: May 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Napoleon is one of the giants of modern history. From the last days of the French Revolution to the epochal battle of Waterloo he bestrode the political landscape of Europe like a colossus, and the age to which he gave his name remains one of the most tumultuous in the history of the...
2011-05-1103 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush by Howard BlumPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush Author: Howard Blum Narrator: John H. Mayer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Howard Blum expertly weaves together three narratives to tell the true story of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce...
2011-04-2610 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureSymposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave by PlatoPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100393 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave Author: Plato Narrator: Jonathan Cowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 31, 2011 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This collection brings together three of Plato's most enduring classics: the Symposium, the Apology, and the famous 'Allegory of the Cave' from the Republic. The Symposium, a dialogue on the nature and purpose of love centered around the ideals of beauty and goodness, is arguably the deepest inquiry of its kind in Western philosophy. The Apology, Plato's account of the...
2011-03-3103 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureCommand: Henry V by Marcus CowperPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Command: Henry V Author: Marcus Cowper Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Immortalised in the plays of Shakespeare, Henry V is the most famous and celebrated of all England's medieval monarchs. Although his most famous battles and conquests took place in France, Henry, as was common amongst medieval aristocracy, was introduced to battle at an early age when he fought with his father, Henry IV, at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403...
2011-03-3010 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureGreat Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India by Joseph LelyveldPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India Author: Joseph Lelyveld Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 29, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments—his success in seizing India’s imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement, his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to his ambitious goals of soci...
2011-03-2910 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Source of All Things: A Memoir by Tracy RossPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92212 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Source of All Things: A Memoir Author: Tracy Ross Narrator: Tracy Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Called “brave and heartbreaking” by Elle and “an extraordinary journey” by People, Tracy Ross’s riveting memoir about abuse, survival, and healing is now available in paperback. Tracy Ross’s adult life has been defined by her determination to push herself to the physical limits of what a person can endure. In T...
2011-03-0803 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureBringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America by Les Standiford, Joe MatthewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91712 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America Author: Les Standiford, Joe Matthews Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “Les Standiford’s account of the decades-long attempt to solve the murder of Adam Walsh is chilling, heartbreaking, hopeful, and as relentlessly suspenseful as anything I’ve ever read. A triumph in every way.” —Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River “The most significant missing child case since the Lindberg...
2011-03-0105 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAgainst All Odds: A Life of Beating the Odds by Scott BrownPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91645 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against All Odds: A Life of Beating the Odds Author: Scott Brown Narrator: Scott Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Against All Odds is the extraordinary personal story of the man who rose up to meet the challenge of terrific opposition and become one of America's most promising new political figures—Senator Scott Brown. Brown is famous for succeeding popular Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy after Kennedy’s death in 2...
2011-02-2105 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family by Peter FirstbrookPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Obamas: The Untold Story of an African Family Author: Peter Firstbrook Narrator: Peter Firstbrook Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the first in-depth history of the Obama family, Peter Firstbrook recounts a journey that starts in a mud hut by the White Nile and ends seven centuries later in the White House. Interweaving oral history and tribal lore, interviews with Obama family members and other Kenyans, the writings of Kenyan historians, and...
2011-02-0810 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureEndgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness by Frank BradyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness Author: Frank Brady Narrator: Ray Porter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Frank Brady, who wrote one of the bestselling books on Bobby Fischer of all time and who was himself a friend of Fischer’s, comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time completely captures the remarkable arc of B...
2011-02-0103 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1910-1960 by Douglas BrinkleyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89624 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1910-1960 Author: Douglas Brinkley Narrator: Andrew Garman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 18, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this fascinating follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Wilderness Warrior, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley offers a riveting, expansive look at the past and present battle to preserve Alaska’s wilderness. Brinkley explores the colorful diversity of Alaska’s wildlife, arrays the forces that have wreaked havoc on its primeval arctic refuge—from Klondi...
2011-01-1805 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAmerican Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen AbbottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89165 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee Author: Karen Abbott Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 28, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the critically acclaimed Sin in the Second City, bestselling author Karen Abbott “pioneered sizzle history” (USA Today). Now she returns with the gripping and expansive story of America’s coming-of-age—told through the extraordinary life of Gypsy Rose Lee and...
2010-12-2810 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture[Spanish] - Fidel y Raul, mis hermanos, la historia secreta by Juanita CastroPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Fidel y Raul, mis hermanos, la historia secreta Author: Juanita Castro Narrator: Tatiana Vecino Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 10, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Este libro relata la vida de una familia y unos acontecimientos que cambiaron para siempre la historia de America Latina. Como nadie mas podia hacerlo, Juanita nos adentra en el mundo familiar de los Castro, desde su infancia y juventud hasta las nuevas generaciones, pasando por la gesta contra Batista, la Revolucion y el posterior desencanto de muchos...
2010-12-1003 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureTwo Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry DanaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89159 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Years Before the Mast Author: Richard Henry Dana Narrator: Bernard Mayes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 31 minutes Release date: December 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Richard Henry Dana referred to this book as 'a voice from the sea.' Influencing such authors as Conrad and Melville, it has become a maritime classic that has inflicted legions of men with a passion for the sea. Dana, a law student turned sailor for health reasons, sailed in 1834 on the brigPilgrimfor a voyage from...
2010-12-0203 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark TwainPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89157 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mark Twain Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Michael Anthony Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mark Twain's daughter, Susy, wrote: 'Papa…doesn't like to go to church at all, why I never understood, until just now, he told us the other day that he couldn't bear to hear any one talk but himself, but that he could listen to himself talk for hours without getting tired, of co...
2010-12-0203 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureColonel Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88301 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Colonel Roosevelt Series: #3 of Theodore Roosevelt Author: Edmund Morris Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and [Edmund] Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. . . . A moving, beautifully rendered account.”—Fred Kaplan, The Washington Post This biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning...
2010-11-2310 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureHero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael KordaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Author: Michael Korda Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 16, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From Michael Korda, author of the New York Times bestselling Eisenhower biography Ike and the captivating Battle of Britain book With Wings Like Eagles, comes the critically-acclaimed definitive biography of T. E. Lawrence—the legendary British soldier, strategist, scholar, and adventurer whose exploits as “Lawrence of Arabia” created a lega...
2010-11-1605 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CulturePersonal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. GrantPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/89118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Author: Ulysses S. Grant Narrator: Robin Field Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 34 minutes Release date: November 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.14 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Among the autobiographies of great military figures, Ulysses S. Grant's is certainly one of the finest, and it is arguably the most notable literary achievement of any American president: a lucid, compelling, and brutally honest chronicle of triumph and failure. From his frontier boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to...
2010-11-1003 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureCleopatra: A Life by Stacy SchiffPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cleopatra: A Life Author: Stacy Schiff Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her...
2010-11-0103 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureLion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation by Harlow Giles UngerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83771 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation Author: Harlow Giles Unger Narrator: William Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 26, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Known to generations of Americans for his stirring call to arms, 'Give me liberty or give me death,' Patrick Henry is all but forgotten today as the first of the Founding Fathers to call for independence, the first to call for revolution, and...
2010-10-2603 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAutobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition by Mark TwainPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/88333 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “I’ve struck it!” Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. “And I will give it away—to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography.” Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain...
2010-10-2303 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureOne Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Richard Proenneke, Sam KeithPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey Author: Richard Proenneke, Sam Keith Narrator: Norman Dietz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 29, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 9 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed...to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin...to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available...to be not at odds...
2010-09-2903 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Grace of Silence: A Memoir by Michele NorrisPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grace of Silence: A Memoir Author: Michele Norris Narrator: Michele Norris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 21, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the wake of talk of a “postracial” America upon Barack Obama’s ascension as president of the United States, Michele Norris, cohost of National Public Radio’s flagship program All Things Considered, set out to write, through original reporting, a book about “the hidden conversation” on race that is unfolding nationwide. She would, she thought, base her boo...
2010-09-2110 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers by Will DurantPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers Author: Will Durant Narrator: Grover Gardner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The product of eleven years of research, The Story of Philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the world’s greatest thinkers, from Socrates to Santayana. Written with exacting and scrupulous scholarship, it was designed both to command the respect of educators and to...
2010-09-1703 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureSimon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends by Tom SegevPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends Author: Tom Segev Narrator: Marc Cashman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 7, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This first fully documented biography of Simon Wiesenthal, the legendary Nazi hunter, is also a brilliant character study of a man whose life was part invention but wholly dedicated to ensuring both that the Nazis be held responsible for their crimes and that the destruction of European Jewry never be forgotten...
2010-09-0710 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers by Thomas FlemingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83293 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers Author: Thomas Fleming Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 17, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: With his usual storytelling flair and unparalleled research, Tom Fleming offers a compelling, intimate look at the founders—George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison—and the women who played essential roles in their lives. From hot-tempered Mary Ball Washington to promiscuous Rachel Lavien Hami...
2010-08-1703 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureMedium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony BourdainPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82989 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook Author: Anthony Bourdain Narrator: Anthony Bourdain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 6, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 93 Ratings of Narrator: 4.91 of Total 33 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and...
2010-07-0605 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAmazing People of London: Inspirational Stories by Charles MagerisonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82892 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amazing People of London: Inspirational Stories Author: Charles Magerison Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: June 15, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: What would it have been like to meet William Shakespeare when he lived in London? What would you have asked Charles Dickens about the experiences that led him to write Oliver Twist and other great stories? In this Amazing London BioView, you can do so, via the virtual interview process. You can meet the great names and understand how they contributed to...
2010-06-1503 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureBlind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth by James M. TaborPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61968 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth Author: James M. Tabor Narrator: Don Leslie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 15, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made: both poles by 1912, Everest in 1958, the Challenger Deep in 1961. In 1969 we even walked on the moon. And yet as late as 2000, the...
2010-06-1510 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAmazing Classical Musicians - Volume 1: Inspirational Stories by Charles MagerisonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/82947 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amazing Classical Musicians - Volume 1: Inspirational Stories Author: Charles Magerison Narrator: Various Readers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release date: June 15, 2010 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In days when there was no radio or television, people relied on travelling entertainers. Mozart was one of these. In between his travels, he wrote his great compositions. On this audio you can meet other great composers and hear how they composed their works.
2010-06-1503 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAnne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne FrankPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61785 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition Author: Anne Frank Narrator: Selma Blair Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 25, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 157 Ratings of Narrator: 4.72 of Total 36 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: THE DEFINITIVE EDITION • Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, the remarkable diary that has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. Updated for the 75th Anni...
2010-05-2510 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureTiger: The Real Story by Steve HellingPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61781 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiger: The Real Story Author: Steve Helling Narrator: Kevin Kenerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 4, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: He was born to a father who described him as the 'chosen one,' a boy who would grow into a man with the power to impact nations. His mother called him the 'universal child,' blessed with the ability to hold the races together. Choosing the unlikely avenue of golf, they groomed...
2010-05-0403 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThomas Wolsey, the Late Cardinal: His Life and Death by George CavendishPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61961 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Wolsey, the Late Cardinal: His Life and Death Author: George Cavendish Narrator: David Thorn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 28, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This extraordinary “eye-witness” account of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey’s rise and fall from power was written between 1554 and 1558 by his gentleman-usher, George Cavendish, who was privy to so much of the Cardinal’s ambitious endeavors. However, Cavendish prudently waited a long time before chronicling his observations for fear of his life, as there were tho...
2010-04-2803 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureMy Early Life: A Roving Commission by Sir Winston ChurchillPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Early Life: A Roving Commission Author: Sir Winston Churchill Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 20, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As a visionary, statesman, historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.This is the story of the first thirty years of his life, up to the point where his unique parliamentary career was just beginning. From...
2010-04-2003 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAlexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered by Robin Lane FoxPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered Author: Robin Lane Fox Narrator: Robin Lane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Alexander the Great is the most famous king and conqueror known in the ancient world. In his lifetime, he was given honors equal to those of the gods. After his death, he became a legend and the 'Alexander Romance' became the best-selling fiction of the medieval world. Esteemed Professor...
2010-04-0905 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureDavid Livingstone: Man of Prayer and Action by C. Silvester HornePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61773 to listen full audiobooks. Title: David Livingstone: Man of Prayer and Action Author: C. Silvester Horne Narrator: Geoffrey Howard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 22 minutes Release date: April 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written just forty years after David Livingstone’s death, this admiring account of the famous missionary’s life and work takes us deep into the “dark continent” of nineteenth-century Africa, where he labored to bring “Christianity, commerce and civilization.” A national hero in Victorian Britain, Livingstone earned fame as an explorer...
2010-04-0103 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureMandela's Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage by Richard StengelPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mandela's Way: Fifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage Author: Richard Stengel Narrator: Richard Stengel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 30, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A compact, profoundly inspiring book that captures the spirit of Nelson Mandela, distilling the South African leader’s wisdom into 15 vital life lessons We long for heroes and have too few. Nelson Mandela, who died in 2013 at the age of ninety-five, is the closest thing the world has to...
2010-03-3010 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureGeorge, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by Miranda CarterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61231 to listen full audiobooks. Title: George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I Author: Miranda Carter Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 12 minutes Release date: March 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic...
2010-03-2310 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureCheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor by Tad FriendPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/61308 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor Author: Tad Friend Narrator: William Dufris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 5, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Tad Friend’s family is nothing if not illustrious: his father was president of Swarthmore College, and at a Smith college poetry contest judged by W. H. Auden, his mother came in second—to Sylvia Plath. For centuries, Wasps like his ancestors dominated American life. But then, in the ’60s, their...
2010-03-0503 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G. J. MeyerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty Author: G. J. Meyer Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 23, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time in decades comes a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for all th...
2010-02-2310 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWillie Mays: The Life, The Legend by James S. HirschPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60973 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend Author: James S. Hirsch Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling, authorized, “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (The Seattle Times) biography of the late, great Willie Mays. Willie Mays (1931–2024) was arguably the greatest player in baseball history, revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult h...
2010-02-0903 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DewaltPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest Author: Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston Dewalt Narrator: Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 13, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the gripping true account of the worst disaster in the history of Mt. Everest. On May 10, 1996, two commercial expeditions headed by experienced leaders attempted to climb the highest mountain in the world—but things went terribly wrong. Crowded conditions on the mountain, miscommunications, unexplainable delays, poor le...
2010-01-1303 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAn Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield JamisonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Author: Kay Redfield Jamison Narrator: Kay Redfield Jamison Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 12, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 77 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 11 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursu...
2010-01-1210 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureHayek: His Contribution to the Political and Economic Thought of Our Time by Eamonn ButlerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60630 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hayek: His Contribution to the Political and Economic Thought of Our Time Author: Eamonn Butler Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 5, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Nobel prize winner F. A. Hayek is one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, but up to now there has been no book for the non-specialist that describes his ideas and explains their significance. Eamonn Butler’s clear, systematic, perceptive study fills this ga...
2010-01-0503 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin by Benjamin WikerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin Author: Benjamin Wiker Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: December 18, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the 150 years since the publication of Origin of Species, Charles Darwin's reputation has wavered between two extremes—secular saint or heretic. But the truth is much more complicated than that. While he was by all accounts a kind and virtuous man, Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection has been one of...
2009-12-1803 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureUp from Slavery by Booker T. WashingtonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up from Slavery Author: Booker T. Washington Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: For the fifty years that followed its original publication in 1901, Up From Slavery was the most widely known book written by an African American. The life of Booker T. Washington was the embodiment of the American self-made man, and his autobiography gave voice for the first time to a vast group that had to pull itself up from...
2009-11-3003 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Queen Mother: The Official Biography by William ShawcrossPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121273 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen Mother: The Official Biography Author: William Shawcross Narrator: William Shawcross Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 27, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles—and the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon—the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore’s ten children—was born on Augus...
2009-10-2710 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAyn Rand and the World She Made by Anne C. HellerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ayn Rand and the World She Made Author: Anne C. Heller Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 27, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ayn Rand is best known as the author of two phenomenally best-selling ideological novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which have sold over twelve million copies in the United States alone. Through them, she built a cult following in the late 1950s and became the guiding light of Libertarianism...
2009-10-2703 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureI Am the New Black by Anthony Bozza, Tracy MorganPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59845 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Am the New Black Author: Anthony Bozza, Tracy Morgan Narrator: Tracy Morgan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 10 minutes Release date: October 20, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian. Who is Tracy Morgan? The wildly unpredictable funnyman who rocketed to fame on Saturday Night Live? The Emmy-nominated actor behind the sly and ingenious character Tracy Jordan on the award-winning hit sitcom 30 Rock, whose turbulent personal life often mirrors that of his fictional alter...
2009-10-2010 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas by Peter KreeftPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas Author: Peter Kreeft Narrator: Peter Kreeft Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 16, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: An enthusiastic admirer of the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, professor and philosopher Peter Kreeft details the rational thought and precise literary talent that established Aquinas as the foremost thinker of his time-and as the most important philosopher for the almost two thousand years between Aristotle and Descartes. A landmark of philosophical achievement...
2009-10-1605 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureStrength in What Remains by Tracy KidderPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59220 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strength in What Remains Author: Tracy Kidder Narrator: Tracy Kidder Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 25, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the “master of the non-fiction narrative.” In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for...
2009-08-2510 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureEvery Patient Tells A Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis by Lisa SandersPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Patient Tells A Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis Author: Lisa Sanders Narrator: Lisa Sanders Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 11, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column 'Diagnosis,' the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D...
2009-08-1110 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureStilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 by Barbara W. TuchmanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58914 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 Author: Barbara W. Tuchman Narrator: Pam Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 1, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this Pulitzer Prize–winning biography, Barbara Tuchman explores American relations with China through the experiences of one of our men on the ground. In the cantankerous but level-headed “Vinegar Joe,” Tuchman found a subject who allowed her to perform, in the words of the National Review, “one of the historian’s most envied magic acts...
2009-08-0103 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureEcce Homo by Friedrich Wilhelm NietzschePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ecce Homo Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Narrator: Stephen Van Doren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 23, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ecce Homo, which is Latin for “behold the man,” is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. Written in 1888, a few weeks before his descent into madness, the book passes under review all...
2009-07-2303 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureA Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition by Ernest HemingwayPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition Author: Ernest Hemingway Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: July 14, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ernest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and unfinished sketches. Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works. Since Hemingway’s personal papers were released in 1979, schola...
2009-07-1403 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAbraham Lincoln: A Life 1843-1849: A Win in Congress and a Battle Against Slavery by Michael BurlingamePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122537 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1843-1849: A Win in Congress and a Battle Against Slavery Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 2 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need n...
2009-07-0703 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAbraham Lincoln: A Life 1837-1842: A Righteous Lawyer Deals With an Unhappy Marriage by Michael BurlingamePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1837-1842: A Righteous Lawyer Deals With an Unhappy Marriage Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each p...
2009-07-0703 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAbraham Lincoln: A Life 1859-1860: The 'Rail Splitter' Fights For and Wins the Republican Nomination by Michael BurlingamePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122614 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1859-1860: The 'Rail Splitter' Fights For and Wins the Republican Nomination Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book n...
2009-07-0703 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAbraham Lincoln: A Life 1855-1858: Building a New Party, a House Divided and the Lincoln Douglas Debates by Michael BurlingamePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1855-1858: Building a New Party, a House Divided and the Lincoln Douglas Debates Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard...
2009-07-0730 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAbraham Lincoln: A Life 1849-1855: A Mid-Life Crisis and a Re-Entry to Politics by Michael BurlingamePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1849-1855: A Mid-Life Crisis and a Re-Entry to Politics Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also notes, “The book need not be heard in one sitting. Each p...
2009-07-0730 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAbraham Lincoln: A Life 1809-1837: Lincoln's Frontier Background Shapes the Future President by Michael BurlingamePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122535 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1809-1837: Lincoln's Frontier Background Shapes the Future President Author: Michael Burlingame Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Publishers Weekly describes this book as “the most meticulously researched Lincoln biography ever written. Burlingame's Lincoln comes alive as the author unfolds vast amounts of new research while breathing new life into familiar stories. It is the essential title for the bicentennial.” Publishers Weekly also note...
2009-07-0730 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWarlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945 by Carlo D’estePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945 Author: Carlo D’este Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Warlordis the definitive chronicle of Winston Churchill's crucial role as one of the world's most renowned military leaders, from his early adventures on the North-West Frontier of colonial India and the Boer War through his extraordinary service in both World Wars. Carlo D'Este's brilliant biography examines Churchill through the pris...
2009-07-0203 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers by Brion McClanahanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58488 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers Series: Part of The Politically Incorrect Guides Author: Brion McClanahan Narrator: Tom Weiner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 8 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: They were the greatest generation in American history. Yet how much do you really know about the Founding Fathers? And how much of what you 'know' is actually myth perpetuated by leftist history professors who dismiss the Founders as wealthy, racist, sexist, dead-white-males whose principles deserve to b...
2009-06-3003 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWe Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals by Gillian GillPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58251 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals Author: Gillian Gill Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 19, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’ s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and s...
2009-05-1910 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWhittaker Chambers: A Biography by Sam TanenhausPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58283 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whittaker Chambers: A Biography Author: Sam Tanenhaus Narrator: Edward Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 19, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Whittaker Chambers is the first biography of this complex and enigmatic figure. Drawing on dozens of interviews and on materials from forty archives in the United States and abroad—including still-classified KGB dossiers—Tanenhaus traces the remarkable journey that led Chambers from a sleepy Long Island village to center stage in America's greatest political trial and then, in his last years, to a unique role...
2009-05-1903 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureCreating Equal: My Fight against Race Preferences by Ward ConnerlyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58222 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Creating Equal: My Fight against Race Preferences Author: Ward Connerly Narrator: Ward Connerly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 29, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This is the story of a man who searched his conscience, decided that the American Dream should be colorblind, and then set out to change the rules. Part memoir, part history lesson, and part road map, Creating Equal tells how a black man fought against affirmative action in California and Washington state. It begins in segregated Louisiana with a hard-working, resilient...
2009-04-2903 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureIshi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora KroeberPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/58199 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America Author: Theodora Kroeber Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 24, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Ishi stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family...
2009-04-2403 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWork Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America by Jay MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54972 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America Author: Jay Mathews Narrator: Paul Boehmer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 8, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: When Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom, they vowed to remake themselves into superior educators. They did that—and more. In their early twenties, by sheer force of talent and determination never to take no for an an...
2009-04-0803 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Autobiography of John Stuart Mill by John Stuart MillPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill Author: John Stuart Mill Narrator: Noah Waterman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mill’s autobiography deals with but one part of a life, the life of the mind-but a mind that ranks as one of the most remarkable and significant of the nineteenth century. The book memorably depicts the emergence of a brilliant child prodigy, the product of an extraordinary education that both hastened his development and brought him to the brink of su...
2009-04-0203 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureComing Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life by Victor HermanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life Author: Victor Herman Narrator: Christopher Hurt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In 1931, a young American named Victor Herman accompanied his parents to the Soviet Union, where his father was to set up a Ford Motor Company plant. In 1938, he was inexplicably thrown into a Soviet prison. It was forty-five years before he was able to return to America. His was...
2009-04-0203 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureCharles de Gaulle: A Biography by Don CookPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/55094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charles de Gaulle: A Biography Author: Don Cook Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: This magnificent volume by veteran European correspondent Don Cook is the first major biography of de Gaulle written by an American from an American perspective. Rich with new anecdotal material, it offers fresh evaluations and sheds new light on Europe’s most controversial and enigmatic general, politician, and statesman. Arrogant, haughty, single-minded in war, politics, and his pe...
2009-04-0203 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureJeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier by Burke DavisPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier Author: Burke Davis Narrator: Barrett Whitener Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 13, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Here is a full and definitive biography of the dashing and enigmatic Confederate hero of the Civil War, General J. E. B. Stuart. This life-size portrait of Stuart surveys his life from childhood through his training at West Point, his years on the Western frontier, and his decision to stand with Virginia when war arrived. His brilliant...
2009-03-1303 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureOut of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle by Keith Stansell, Tom Howes, Marc Gonsalves, Gary BrozekPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54839 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle Author: Keith Stansell, Tom Howes, Marc Gonsalves, Gary Brozek Narrator: Mark Deakins Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 10, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: “[A] remarkable story….An honest and harrowing memoir of a life-changing ordeal.” —Arizona Republic The spellbinding New York Times bestseller, Out of Captivity is the amazing true story of Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, and Keith Stansell, three American civilian contractors who were held hos...
2009-03-1005 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History by Charles Bracelen FloodPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119647 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History Author: Charles Bracelen Flood Narrator: Mel Foster Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: At the beginning of 1864, the Civil War was far from won; terrible and bloody Union setbacks and casualties lay ahead. Abraham Lincoln was facing a re-election battle as some northern Democrats were ready to start peace talks that could leave the Confederacy a separate slaveholding American nation and as his...
2009-03-0203 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureMaimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds by Joel L. KraemerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124479 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds Author: Joel L. Kraemer Narrator: Sean Pratt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 10, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The first definitive biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential intellects in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver. Recalling such bestsellers as David McCullough’s John Adams and Walter Isaacson’s Einstein, MAIMONIDES is a biography on a...
2009-02-1003 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureMy Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations by Mary Frances BerryPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/60801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations Author: Mary Frances Berry Narrator: Sharon Washington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 16, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Award-winning Civil Rights advocate Mary Frances Berry sheds new light on the fight for reparations. Callie House, an ex-slave who led the fight, founded the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association in 1899. Defying conventions of race, class, and gender, Callie led the organization in an attempt...
2009-01-1605 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Magnificent Century by Thomas B. CostainPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/54399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Century Author: Thomas B. Costain Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: January 6, 2009 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The Magnificent Century, the second volume of Costain's A History of the Plantagenets, covers Henry III's long and turbulent reign, from 1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, unreliable and inconsistent. Yet his reign saw spectacular advancement in the arts, sciences and theology, as well as in government. Despite all, it was truly a magnificent century. "Combines a love of the subject with...
2009-01-0610 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAgainst Medical Advice by Hal Friedman, James PattersonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against Medical Advice Author: Hal Friedman, James Patterson Narrator: Kevin T. Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 20, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring true story, a child struggles with Tourette's syndrome-and overcomes extraordinary challenges with the help of his loving parents. Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of...
2008-10-2003 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CulturePocahontas: My Own Story by Capt. John SmithPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pocahontas: My Own Story Author: Capt. John Smith Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 20, 2008 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In the early seventeenth century, Captain John Smith led a company of English settlers to found the colony of Jamestown in Virginia. Here is Smith's own account of his adventures there and his relationship with the beautiful Indian princess, Pocahontas. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of about thirty tribes of Indians living in Virginia. When Captain John Smith was...
2008-10-2003 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Story of My Life-Helen Keller by Helen KellerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124866 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of My Life-Helen Keller Author: Helen Keller Narrator: George Cooney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Helen Keller overcame the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of deafness and blindness to become an icon of perseverance, respected and honored by readers, historians, and activists. Her autobiography The Story of My Life, published in the United States in 1903, is still read today for its ability to motivate and reassure readers. Helen...
2008-10-1315 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureAnnie Oakley: Woman at Arms by Courtney Ryley CooperPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Annie Oakley: Woman at Arms Author: Courtney Ryley Cooper Narrator: Jonathan Reese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Annie Oakley was without a doubt the greatest markswoman who ever lived. Born in 1860 in Darke County, Ohio, she built herself from obscure and impoverished beginnings into the best known woman of her time. Courtney Ryley Cooper's classic biography traces Oakley's extraordinary journey and separates the facts from the many legends...
2008-10-1303 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Reagan I Knew by William F. Buckley, Jr.Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reagan I Knew Author: William F. Buckley, Jr. Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: No two people were more important to American conservatism in the postwar era than William F. Buckley Jr. and Ronald Reagan. Buckley's writings provided the intellectual underpinnings, while Reagan brought the conservative movement out of the wilderness and into the White House. The pair met in 1961 when Reagan introduced a speech by Buckley. When nobody could...
2008-10-1303 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet JacobsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124865 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Author: Harriet Jacobs Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs' depictions...
2008-10-1315 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureArmy Life in a Black Regiment by Thomas W HigginsonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124711 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Army Life in a Black Regiment Author: Thomas W Higginson Narrator: Felbrigg Herriot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson records the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the Civil War.
2008-10-1315 min
Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureThe Black List by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Elvis MitchellPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black List Author: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Elvis Mitchell Narrator: With Contributers, Elvis Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Release date: September 16, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In The Black List, twenty-five prominent African-Americans of various professions, disciplines, and backgrounds offer their own stories and insights on the struggles, triumphs, and joys of black life in America and, in the process, redefine 'black list' for a new century. As seen in original portraits by renowned photographer Timothy...
2008-09-1603 min